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House Study Bill 553

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 331.605, subsection 5, paragraph b,
  1  2 Code 1997, is amended by striking the paragraph.
  1  3    Sec. 2.  Section 331.605, subsection 6, Code 1997, is
  1  4 amended to read as follows:
  1  5    6.  For filing an application for the license to marry,
  1  6 thirty dollars.  For issuing an application for an order of
  1  7 the district court authorizing the issuance validation of a
  1  8 license to marry before the expiration of three days from the
  1  9 date of filing the application for issuance of the license,
  1 10 five dollars.  The district court shall authorize the issuance
  1 11 early validation of a marriage license without the payment of
  1 12 any fees imposed in this subsection upon showing that the
  1 13 applicant is unable to pay the fees.
  1 14    Sec. 3.  Section 595.4, unnumbered paragraphs 2 and 3, Code
  1 15 Supplement 1997, are amended to read as follows:
  1 16    After expiration of three days from the date of filing the
  1 17 application by the parties Upon receipt of a verified
  1 18 application, the county registrar shall may issue the license
  1 19 which shall not become valid until the expiration of three
  1 20 days after the date of issuance of the license.  If the
  1 21 license has not been issued within six months from the date of
  1 22 the application, the application is void.
  1 23    A license to marry may be issued validated prior to the
  1 24 expiration of three days from the date of filing the
  1 25 application for issuance of the license in cases of emergency
  1 26 or extraordinary circumstances.  An order authorizing the
  1 27 issuance validation of a license may be granted by a judge of
  1 28 the district court under conditions of emergency or
  1 29 extraordinary circumstances upon application of the parties
  1 30 filed with the county registrar.  No order may be granted
  1 31 unless the parties have filed an application for a marriage
  1 32 license in a county within the judicial district.  An
  1 33 application for an order shall be made on forms furnished by
  1 34 the county registrar at the same time the application for the
  1 35 license to marry is made.  After examining the application for
  2  1 the marriage license and issuing the license, the county
  2  2 registrar shall refer the parties to a judge of the district
  2  3 court for action on the application for an order authorizing
  2  4 the issuance validation of a marriage license prior to
  2  5 expiration of three days from the date of filing the
  2  6 application for issuance of the license.  The judge shall, if
  2  7 satisfied as to the existence of an emergency or extraordinary
  2  8 circumstances, grant an order authorizing the issuance
  2  9 validation of a license to marry prior to the expiration of
  2 10 three days from the date of filing the application for
  2 11 issuance of the license to marry.  The county registrar shall
  2 12 issue validate a license to marry upon presentation by the
  2 13 parties of the order authorizing a license to be issued
  2 14 validated.  A fee of five dollars shall be paid to the county
  2 15 registrar at the time the application for the order is made,
  2 16 which fee is in addition to the fee prescribed by law for the
  2 17 issuance of a marriage license.  
  2 18                           EXPLANATION
  2 19    This bill strikes the county registration fee of $4 for a
  2 20 birth registration.  Currently, births are registered with the
  2 21 state at a fee of $10 even though the county recorder or
  2 22 registrar collects the fee for deposit in the state general
  2 23 fund.
  2 24    The bill also permits the county recorder to issue a
  2 25 marriage license upon receipt of a verified application, but
  2 26 the license will not be valid until after the expiration of
  2 27 three days from the date of issuance of the license.  
  2 28 LSB 3698HC 77
  2 29 tj/jw/5
     

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